1d ago

Staff Backend Engineer

Mountain View, USA; Seattle, USA

$164k-$282k / year

full-timeseniore-commerce

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๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll lead the architectural design and implementation of a next-generation durable execution platform for Coupang's workflow systems, aiming for 5-6 nines availability. This greenfield team builds a highly scalable, fault-tolerant system from scratch, impacting hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Lead end-to-end design of a distributed workflow engine
  • Define extreme availability with 5-6 nines uptime
  • Integrate AI/ML for predictive scaling and self-healing
  • Solve distributed locking, timers, and deterministic execution

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, Math, or related field
  • 6+ years of backend software development experience
  • Proficiency in Java and Spring Framework
  • Experience with AWS and building highly available distributed systems

โœจ Nice to Have

  • 10+ years of software development experience
  • Proven track record of 5-6 nines availability
  • Expertise in Temporal or Cadence programming models

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Annual bonus: 0-20% of base salary
  • ๐Ÿฅ Medical/Dental/Vision/Life/AD&D insurance
  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ 18-21 days of PTO
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ 401K Plan with Company Match
  • ๐Ÿ‹๏ธ Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical Phone Screenยท 60 min
  3. 3Onsite Interviewsยท 4-5 hours
  4. 4Offerยท 30 min
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